The first concept is the Kingdom of God as meaning «the rule of
God upon earth.»
(Ibid., pp. 97 ff., 187 ff., 265 ff,) And insofar as prayer is concerned with the whole world, it is the rule of
God upon earth that is besought: ksathra vairya in Persian Mazdaism, malkuth Jahve in Judaism, the basileia tou theou in earliest Christendom.
The oldest tradition bears the stamp of Galilee — and Galilee is the anticipated center of the Kingdom of
God upon earth.
The Jesus of Nazareth who came forward publicly as the Messiah, who preached the ethic of the Kingdom of God, who founded the Kingdom of
God upon earth, and died to give his work its final consecration, never had any existence.
The Abbasid caliphs, who ruled in Baghdad from 750 to 1258, had rather more prestige and some called themselves Khalifat Allah or God's deputy, or even «the shadow of
God upon earth» — phrases that would have shocked Muhammad.
There is great help to be found in the prayers of a sympathetic, understanding pastor or friend to whom the life with
God upon earth is a vital reality.
The Kingdom of heaven refers to the rule and reign of
God upon the earth.
You said that «The Kingdom of heaven refers to the rule and reign of
God upon the earth», but you don't say that this won't happen until Jesus returns [Matt 25:31 - 46].
The Pope can modify divine law, since his power is not of man, but of God, and he acts as vicegerent of
God upon earth...».
Not exact matches
Fourth Day of Creation Genesis 1:14 - 19: And
God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light
upon the
earth: and it was so.
GEN 1:25 And
God made the beast of the
earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth
upon the
earth after his kind: and
God saw that it was good.
It has been stated that it is offensive that someone would intrude
upon the dying person's last moments on this
earth by imposing belief about
God.
GEN 1:26 And
God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the
earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the
earth.
(Revelations 19)(when jesus comes back to
earth) «And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat
upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war», «His eyes were as a flame of fire», clothed in a vesture dipped in blood ``, and «out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty
God.»»
There is not one shred of truth from science to account for the presence of life
upon the
earth by any means other than a special creation by the great original first Cause -
God - Who is life and the fountain source of all life!
What this means is that
God only set His favor and affection
upon Israel out of the all the families of the
earth.
Elohim (which means
God [masculine / feminine / plural]-RRB- created the heavens and the
earth, and all the creatures
upon it, including Mankind.
Yet, some 3,600 years ago, a man named Job was inspired to says that
God «is stretching out the north over the empty place, hanging the
earth upon nothing.»
As Christians engage in work, we are fulfilling the gospel responsibilities to bring
God's rule and reign
upon the
earth.
Of GOD was all CREATION's Celestialness established and By the
Gods was such a mission carried out but somewhere along the way, these
Gods of GOD did find GOD's Creations of Life
upon a placed called
Earth and saw that men's daughters were of Fairness and they did seduce them and these maidens did create the monsters we know of as being the Dinosaurs!
For example, a man named Job, who lived some 3,600 years ago and was «the greatest of all the people of the East», made a startling statement, saying that
God «stretches out the northern sky over empty space, suspending the
earth upon nothing.»
Eventually, dry land appears (Genesis 8:13) and the animals and humans can be fruitful and multiply
upon the face of the
earth as
God originally ordained (Genesis 1:22, 25; 8:17).
At Genesis 1:28,
God gave Adam and Eve this mandate: «Be fruitful and become and fill the
earth and subdue it, and have in subjection the fish of the sea and the flying creatures of the heavens and every living creature that is moving
upon the
earth.»
And some 4,000 years later, a lawyer told an audience in Athens, Greece, that
God «made out of one man every nation of men, to dwell
upon the entire surface of the
earth, and he decreed the appointed times and the set limits of the dwelling of men.»
It is truth that today's manly - made churches are in actualities a mimmickery of wanting to establish mankinds» on and
upon earth Christendoms being their idolized and adorned perceptions and variations of
God's True Kingdom Domains being of our bodies that are
God's buildings!
Gen 1:11 And
God said, Let the
earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself,
upon the
earth: and it was so.
The church that refuses to listen to such movements of
God upon the face of the
earth is the church that also fails to hear the whisperings of
God to their own hearts and minds.
And the
earth was waste and void; And darkness was
upon the face of the deep; And the spirit of
God moved
upon the face of the waters.
Because, my
God, though I lack the soul - zeal and the sublime integrity of your saints, I yet have received from you an overwhelming sympathy for all that stirs within the dark mass of matter; because I know myself to be irremediably less a child of heaven than a son of
earth; therefore I will this morning climb up in spirit to the high places, bearing with me the hopes and the miseries of my mother; and there — empowered by that priesthood which you alone (as I firmly believe) have bestowed on me —
upon all that in the world of human flesh is now about to be born or to die beneath the rising sun I will call down the Fire.
And
God made the beast of the
earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth
upon the
earth after his kind: and
God saw that it was good.
How do you tell children that
God favored one group of people «above all people that are
upon the face of the
earth» as Deuteronomy 7:6 claims about the Hebrews / Jews?
In modern times, Christians,
upon further analysis of scripture, have come to find out that they were wrong for millennia and that
God had been telling us of an ancient, round
earth this whole time.
Even though the title «Son of
God» is used in the account of the Baptism, presumably the origin of Jesus» Messianic consciousness — as many modern scholars interpret the passage — nevertheless the whole idea of his acceptance of death is formulated in terms of the heavenly Man who has power and authority
upon earth, (Mark 2:10, 28) who fulfills what is written of him, who dies and rises again, and is to come in glory as the supreme advocate or judge.
Just as
God wanted to rescue as many as possible from the waters of the flood, so also,
God wants to rescue as many as possible from the fire that will come
upon the
earth.
Human beings have brought much evil on the
earth,
God judges through a flood, Noah's family is saved from the destruction through the ark, and the human race begins again
upon a renewed
earth.
Certainly, Jesus changed some of the Kingdom expectations through His life, teaching, and ministry, especially in the areas of what sort of Messiah King He was going to be, and how the Kingdom of
God would exist and function
upon the
earth, but the overall hopes and dreams of Israel, especially as presented within the Prophets, remained intact through the teachings and ministry of John, Jesus, and the Early Church.
But we do believe in the eternal significance of the condescension of
God, the glorious Incarnation, the singular moment in time when the
God of the ancients came to
earth to take
upon him a body of flesh and bones.
When Jesus said that to the disciples of his day of this generation he was talking figuratively i believe of born again believers born of the spirit not a physical generation.Because the holy spirit was prophetic of the spirit coming
upon the nation or nations as spoken in Joel that occured at pentecost and that established the kingdom of
God on the
earth through believers so we have always been the last generation because we never know when the Lord will return but we live as if it was tomorrow.brentnz
If a missionary is not available,
God could send angels to teach these people, or through the Holy Spirit moving like wind
upon the
earth,
God could simply whisper more revelation to those who are responding to the truth they have received.
It's a wonderful clever way to never have to prove anything, «just die and you'll see»... but make sure you give plenty of your gold to the Priests... for they inform
God upon your death that you have paid your monetary dues on
earth as a Christian and then ~ * boom * ~ eternal life.
As for what Jesus taught, he said some pretty disturbing things about
God's wrath
upon the
earth, and then in his ascended state, he told John the graphic horrific violence that would come at the end of days.
Looking around here
upon Earth does seem to be void of any Godliness whatsoever so, one may conclude this Earthly realm is not inhabited by
God nor His Kind.
For darkness shall cover the
earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise
upon you, and
God's glory will appear over you.
Were it not for the sovereign pleasure of
God, the
earth would not bear you one moment; for you are a burden to it; the creation groans with you; the creature is made subject to the bondage of your corruption, not willingly; the sun does not willingly shine
upon you to give you light to serve sin and Satan; the
earth does not willingly yield her increase to satisfy your lusts; nor is it willingly a stage for your wickedness to be acted
upon; the air does not willingly serve you for breath to maintain the flame of life in your vitals, while you spend your life in the service of
God's enemies.
It was humans that thought the world was flat but
God had already told us that the
earth was round (Isaiah 40:22) and it hangs
upon nothing (Job 26:7).
It is because sin is so serious and divine judgment is so real that hell (alienation and separation from
God by persistent rejection of him) is a reality
upon earth and may well be after death.
If your own full brother, or your son or daughter, or your beloved wife, or you intimate friend, entices you secretly to serve other
gods, whom you and your fathers have not known,
gods of any other nations, near at hand or far away, from one end of the
earth to the other: do not yield to him or listen to him, nor look with pity
upon him, to spare or shield him, but kill him.
The sun is not perfectly positioned
upon the
earth by accident it was placed there for a reason and purpose to support life which is
God attended... We are not on this planet on accident we did not evolve from a single cell that theory has been debunked for many years...
Humanity's relation to the
earth is dominated by the next fact:
God «bestows» the
earth upon all of humanity (Ps.
Then, I like to study how Jesus, who claimed to be the only son of
God, acted while
upon this
earth.